Churchill Otieno, Managaing Editor – Digital & Convergence, Nation Media Group interviews Patricia Bentley, Education Manager – Aga Khan Museum highlighting the Museum’s mandate of educating the public. They discuss some of the artifacts from Africa and the contribution of North, West and East Africa to Muslim Civilization.
Ismailimail shares the interview and images of the items discussed in the interview.
Fountain from Egypt – Center piece of the temporary exhibit (image: Ismailimail/Sherali Maherali)
Caliphate of the Almohads (image: Ismailimail/Sherali Maherali)
Caliphate of the Almoravids (image: Ismailimail/Sherali Maherali)
Fatimid Caliphate (image: Ismailimail/Sherali Maherali)
Kingdom of Songhai (image: Ismailimail/Sherali Maherali)
Kingdom of Mali (image: Ismailimail/Sherali Maherali)
![Qanun [Fi’l-‐Tibb] (Canon [Of Medicine]), Volume 5 Ibn Sina (d. 1037) Iran or Iraq, 1052 Opaque watercolor and ink on paper Folio: 21.2 x 16.4 cm AKM510 (image: Ismailimail/Aga Khan Museum)](https://i0.wp.com/ismailimail.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/akm510_qanun.jpg?w=469&h=577&ssl=1 "AKM510_Qanun")
Qanun [Fi’l-‐Tibb] (Canon [Of Medicine]), Volume 5 Ibn Sina (d. 1037) Iran or Iraq, 1052 Opaque watercolor and ink on paper Folio: 21.2 x 16.4 cm AKM510 (image: Ismailimail/Aga Khan Museum)
Folium From The “blue Qur’an” North Africa, 9-10 Century CE Ink, opaque watercolour, silver (now oxidised), and gold on blue-dyed parchment 26 x 69 cm AKM00477 (image: Ismailimail/Aga Khan Museum)
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